Book contents
- Collective Remembering and the Making of Political Culture
- Collective Remembering and the Making of Political Culture
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to Collective Remembering
- Chapter 1 The Rise of Research on Collective Remembering
- Chapter 2 Top-Down Approaches to Collective Remembering
- Chapter 3 Bottom-Up Approaches to Collective Remembering
- Part II Developing a Theoretical Approach to Collective Remembering
- Part III Idiographic Case Studies of Collective Remembering
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - The Rise of Research on Collective Remembering
from Part I - Introduction to Collective Remembering
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2022
- Collective Remembering and the Making of Political Culture
- Collective Remembering and the Making of Political Culture
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to Collective Remembering
- Chapter 1 The Rise of Research on Collective Remembering
- Chapter 2 Top-Down Approaches to Collective Remembering
- Chapter 3 Bottom-Up Approaches to Collective Remembering
- Part II Developing a Theoretical Approach to Collective Remembering
- Part III Idiographic Case Studies of Collective Remembering
- References
- Index
Summary
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.” In the 1960s, Columbus Day was a national holiday in the United States of America (USA), commemorating the “discovery” of the Americas. Today, I put that word discovery in quotes, because in only twenty-one states do workers get a day off in commemoration of 1492, and in three states and the District of Columbia, people get a holiday on that day, but in celebration of Native Americans’ Day (or Indigenous Peoples’ Day). Eleven states have renamed Columbus Day to honor indigenous peoples instead. One state (Oklahoma) celebrates Columbus Day and Native American Day together.1
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022